COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FRENCH LITERARY TRANSLATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 4119 FRENCH LITERARY TRANSLATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Course Objective

The course aims to help students acquire knowledge and skills that are necessary for translating short written passages from French into Turkish.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to understand and interpret written texts of various types, in source language
2   Be able to translate these texts into target language, according to their meanings and functions
3   Be able to solve translational problems
4   Be able to evaluate and criticize translations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Translation: Introduction and examples
2 Translation: Introduction and examples
3 Translation practices: short stories
4 Translation practices: short stories
5 Translation evaluation
6 Translation practices: novels
7 Translation practices: novels
8 Mid-term
9 Translation evaluation
10 Translation practices: poetry
11 Translation practices: poetry
12 Translation evaluation
13 Translation evaluation
14 General review

Recomended or Required Reading

Texts of various types, from written sources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face, interactive method

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

French

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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